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    "id": 375434,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/375434/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Wandayi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "James Opiyo Wandayi",
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    "content": "Yes. Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. It is on record that last week the Speaker referred a Petition from the public to the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security to deliberate on the merit of that public Petition. Those two Bills have got the effect of transferring powers from the Police Service Commission to the Office of the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, in effect transforming Kenya into a police state without amending the Constitution. We cannot even discuss about shortening the period of publication of those Bills because, in my view, that is tantamount to discussing the Bills. Therefore, you need to make a ruling on this matter, whether this House can proceed and discuss those two Bills which negate the letter and spirit of the Constitution. There are attempts to amend the Constitution through the back door and transform Kenya into a police state in the full glare of the public. The public has petitioned this House to stop any discussion on those two Bills and the Departmental Committee to which the Petition was referred has not come back to this House with a report."
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